The counsels of the old, like the winter sun, shine, but give no heat.
The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources.
No one is more liable to make mistakes than he who acts only on reflexion.
Great men undertake great things because they are great; fools, because they think them easy.
Clearness ornaments profound thoughts.
One can not be just if one is not humane.